"Kairi!!!" Came a cry from behind the two. Kairi turns quickly away from Riku to see Selphie headed for them. "Selph?" She whispers.
Selphie approached them, running until the very last step. She fell to her knee's, breathing heavily. "Selphie, what's the matter?" Kairi asks, kneeling down beside her friend. "It's----" She breathes in deep. "…What?" Kairi asks. "Sora!" She cries out.
"Sora?" Kairi asks, alarmed now. "He's…. He's back Kairi!! I came right away, and-----" before Selphie can finish, Kairi rises to her feet, and she had began to run in the direction Selphie had come from.
"Kairi!!! WAIT!" Riku shouts, stepping forward. He stops and lends a hand to Selphie, who groans, pulling herself up. "C'mon!" He says, pulling her after him as he continues after Kairi.
She hadn't stopped running, not until, that is, she noted the heartless that were swarming her island. She gasps, stopping dead in her tracks on the hill above where the great ship had landed.
"Kairi!" Came Riku's voice from behind. She turned slowly. "Riku! Heartless, they're here!" She calls back. He approaches, grabbing her arm. "I told you to wait…" He mutters. "Sorry…." she whispers.
Selphie had caught up to them now. "Heartless?" She asks. "What are Hear-----" Selphie's question ends with a terrified scream. At that moment, Kairi realized that Selphie had never seen one of these creatures before. She pulls away from Riku and runs to her friends side. "Hey, Selph…. It's okay!" She smiles at her, trying to be reassuring.
Riku glances back at the girls, then steps forward. Kairi looks up. "Riku…." She steps forward, but with out saying a word, Riku takes a leap off of the hill, charging towards the heartless.
Kairi says nothing for a moment, then her expression seems to change. "RIKU!" She shouts, stepping forward. "Kairi?" Selphie asks, but her friend does not reply.
Fists clenched, Kairi began slowly down the hill. "Kairi?!" Selphie cries out, following her. Kairi began to run, she didn't know where she was going, o what she would do when she got there…. But the islands were in trouble again….
Selphie said that Sora was back…. Could it be true? Was he really here??
She didn't care, she just kept running, and running, as fast as her feet would carry her. Her hair flew in the air behind her, wind scraping about her face…. Nothing was going to stop her.
She finally reached the shore, only to realize her worst fears confirmed. There were heartless everywhere. She comes to a halt before clashing with the mass amount of creatures.
"Get back!" Riku shouts at her, the creatures closing in on him. Kairi, ignoring his wishes, runs to the side, lifting a large branch from the sand into her arms. She struggles for a moment, then swings at the monsters. They jump back, but it doesn't hold them off for long. One of the heartless jumps at Kairi, causing her to scream as it pushes her back, and both tumble to the ground. Riku had began beating the heartless by hand, but it wasn't enough. "KAIRI!" He shouts, dashing towards her, but, another figure is faster.
Within a moment, the heartless near Kairi had all been destroyed, and a figure landed swiftly on the ground beside her, his hand out reached. "Karu?" Kairi whispers in disbelief. In his right hand was a blade. Her eyes became glued to it, for a moment. She seemed confused, then angry.
….Karu….. Had a blade? She stares up at him. He slowly pulls his hand back, realizing she was not going to move from where she was. "Karu!" Riku growls, grabbing his shoulder. "Desperate times call for Desperate measures…" Karu glares, pushing past Riku.
Riku turns, staring down at Kairi. She pushes herself up out of the sand, brushing herself off and crosses her arms. Something wasn't right….
Selphie, who had remained quiet, slowly stepped up towards the group. "Karu?" She whispers, her eyes also on the blade. It suddenly disappears, and with out another word, Karu turns away. Kairi stares at him closely.
"Oh! Sora!" Selphie cries out, grabbing Kairi's arm and pulling at her. But Kairi had lost hope…. If Sora had truly came back…. He'd be with her, right now…. Yet she allows herself to follow Selphie closely.
The two girls had parted feet away from Karu and Riku. Riku glances over at Karu now. "Why----" he begins. "NO!" he snaps. "What possessed you to do that?!" he shouts. Karu glares at him. "Would you rather I allowed that heartless to take her heart?" he asks calmly. Riku opens his mouth, as if he were going to speak, but slowly it closes. "No, Really…." Karu finishes. "Did you want me to let her face the same fate Sora did…?" He asks… Riku only stares at him, long, and hard….